#8596CE#8596CE

#8596CE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.085 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8596CE
RGB	rgb(133, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(226, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 7.49, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 31.60, 283.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0015 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.085 271)
XYZ	xyz(31.7165, 31.2542, 62.7421)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8596CE #CEBD85

analogous

#85BBCE #8596CE #9985CE

triadic

#8596CE #CE8596 #96CE85

tetradic

#8596CE #CE85BB #CEBD85 #85CE99

square

#8596CE #CE85BB #CEBD85 #85CE99

split-complementary

#8596CE #CE9985 #BBCE85

monochromatic

#3E549B #5970BC #8596CE #B1BCE0 #DCE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#8596CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#8596CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8596CE

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8596CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8596CE	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8596ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.085 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aab4dd',
    500: '#8596ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8596ce;
$custom-light: #aab4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8596ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.027,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68125,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.31255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8596CE

secondary

#E3DECC

accent

#9730B6

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8596CE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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